Improvement in bed-lounges



UNITED STA'IEs PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN wAL'roN, oE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT I N BED-LOUNGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,514, dated June 27,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAL- TON, ot' Philadelphia, in thecounty of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anImprovement in Bed-Lounges, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists of a bolster extension, made in one piece, andadapted to a bed-lounge or folding sofa, as fully described hereafter,so that it can be entirely detached from the same when no longerrequired for use.

Figure l is a perspective View of a bed-lounge with my improvedextension piece or bolster iit-` ted to one end of the same 5 Fig. 2, aview of the extension piece or bolster; and Fig. 3, a perspective viewof the foot ofthe lounge, showing a different manner ot' attaching theextension piece.

The bed-lounge illustrated in the drawing is precisely similar to thosein common use, except that it is somewhat reduced in length, so that,when converted into a lounge, it may not have the disproportionedlengthenedPont appearance common to articles ot' furniture of thisclass, but may resemble in every respect an ordinary lounge. Tocompensate for this reduction in length, by which, also, a saving'inmaterial is effected, I attach to the footot' the lounge, when thelatter is converted into afbed, an extension piece or bolster, A,consisting of a single light board, a, to the opposite ends of which aresecured rods or arms b b, adapted to staples c on the edges of the bodyB ofthe lounge, and of the folding portion B. This extension or bolster,being formed in one piece, is perfectly rigid, and, owing to itsupwardly-inclined position, forms, when covered with pillows, Src., acomfortable. rest for the head.

By the use ot' the extension, also, the foot of the lounge becomes thehead of the bed, and thus the usual soiling of the arm F, by contactwith some of the heads of the occupants of the bed, is avoided. Insteadot' the staples c on the op,- posite edges of the lounge or bed, socketsc might bejornled in the ends of thebody B and folding portion B of thelounge for the reception of the arms b of the extension or bolster, asshown in Fig. 3. The extension, when no longer required for use, can, bymerely drawing it outward, be entirely detached from the staples orsockets, and be laid upon the body of the Y lounge, as indicated bydotted lines in Fig. 1, so

that, when the folding portion B' israised and thrown over to form aseat for the lounge, the said extension will be entirely concealedbeneath the same.

I claim- The combination of the lounge, constructed substantially asdescribed, the folding seat B', the detachable thin continuous strip a,the sock- Y ets c c', and pins b, or their equivalents, arranged so thatthe strip may be applied to extend the .length of the lounge, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: B. F. VVALTON.V

WM. A. STEEL, F. B. RICHARDS.

